The Aegean Rally is an international sailing

regatta Boat racing is a sport in which boats, or other types of watercraft, race on water. Boat racing powered by oars is recorded as having occurred in ancient Egypt, and it is likely that people have engaged in races involving boats and other wate ...

held in

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; held annually since 1964, it is organised by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club. The regatta is broken up into three to six individual competitions, with the course taking in several of the Aegean Islands after a start in Faleron Bay. The event is strongly affected by the

meltemi The etesians ( or ; grc, ἐτησίαι, etēsiai, periodic winds; sometimes found in the Latin form etesiae), ''meltemia'' ( el, ετησίες,μελτέμια; pl. of meltemi), or meltem ( Turkish) are the strong, dry north winds of the Aegea ...

, the brisk local north-easterly wind which blows from dawn to dusk at between fifteen and twenty-five knots, driven by a local weather system & documented since ancient times. For the 2018 race, qualified boats included ORC International, ORC Club, IRC 1 (endorsed, TCC≥0,980) and IRC 2 (any IRC boat) measured boats with LOA greater than 6.00 m and with current valid rating certificate. Classic

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and traditional boats are eligible to enter the event's first race.

External links

Official website

Hellenic Offshore Racing Club

Official magazine of HORC
1964 establishments in Greece Aegean Sea Annual sporting events in Greece Recurring sporting events established in 1964 Sailing competitions in Greece

References

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